Brown, Wachter fire 8-under 62 to win Four-Ball at Chester Valley - The Golf Association of Philadelphia

Aug 30, 2017

Brown, Wachter fire 8-under 62 to win Four-Ball at Chester Valley

MALVERN, Pa. — You know it’s been a good trip around the golf course when you head to the parking lot with a trophy in hand. Wednesday proved to be one of those memorable days for the duo of Lu Lu Country Club’s Michael R. Brown, Jr. and DuPont Country Club’s Mark Wachter.

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  Brown and Wachter teamed up to fire an 8-under 62 gross score, resulting in a 63 net, en route to the 46th Four-Ball Championship title at Chester Valley Golf Club (par 70, 6,241 yards). The event’s format is better-ball of partners.

  The triumph marks the first overall GAP win for Wachter, and second partner victory for Brown, who took home the 2012 Four-Ball at North Hills Country Club with Bala Golf Club’s Scott McNeil.

  Reigning champions Kevin Sarlo, Jr. of Burlington Country Club and Drew Guarino of Old York Country Club at Chesterfield, who won last year’s title at Laurel Creek Country Club in a playoff, finished at even-par 70.

  This year’s winners, starting on the club’s second nine, began their round in true champion form, birdieing the first four holes.

  On No. 10 (par 3, 189 yards), Brown guided a 5-iron to 15 feet and rolled in the first red number of the day. Wachter joined the birdie train with one of his own on No. 11 (par 4, 356 yards) after blasting driver, followed by a sand wedge approach that led to an eight-foot conversion. Brown followed that up with another 3 on No. 12 (par 4, 373 yards) after driver-gap wedge made way for a 25-foot jarred putt. On No. 13 (par 4, 408 yards), Brown utilized 3-wood before lifting a beautiful 8-iron approach 165 yards, over a tree, leading to another birdie from five feet.

  Although the red-number party ended with a bogey on No. 16 (par 4, 400 yards), the pair got one back on Chester Valley’s finisher (par 4, 418 yards) when Brown went with 3-wood again after the tee, leaving him with just 146 yards in. He chose 9-iron, and it was a good one. His approach nestled up to two feet. The eventual champs made the turn at 4 under.   “Mark was in for par on a few holes that really gave me a chance to go at the hole with my birdie looks. That’s where the better-ball component comes in to play,” said Brown, 44, of Maple Shade, N.J.

  More of that successful teamwork continued. With Wachter already in for par, Brown got his team off to a hot start on No. 1 (par 4, 367 yards) thanks to a 35-foot birdie bomb. Then the day’s deciding factor arrived on No. 2 (par 5, 546 yards). Brown crushed a driver off the tee, followed by a pure 3-wood that ran up to 30 feet. The eagle hit nothing but cup.

  “We didn’t want to stop there. We wanted to keep it going,” said Wachter, 49, of Wilmington, Del. “We said, ‘Let’s bring the hammer down.’”

  Their eighth under-par number was carded on the par 3, 157-yard 7th, where Wachter rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt.

  “One of us should have made our putts on No. 9 (par 4, 375 yards), because we both had good looks from about nine or 10 feet,” said Wachter. “But it’s still a great number for a course like this.”

  “Without a doubt, [Chester Valley’s] greens are the course’s defense. The complexes always keep you guessing if you ask me. You have to be on your toes out here,” said Brown.

  The winning duo was forged through the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s Winter Series circuit. Brown and Wachter, both GAP Major regulars, met five years ago while playing in an event, and eventually went on to win a better-ball Winter Series event in 2013 at Sandy Run Country Club and again in 2014 at Back Creek Golf Club.

  “As I’m sure a lot of these guys do, we met through playing in GAP events. We didn’t know each other at all, but now we’ve teamed up and it’s been great,” said Brown.

  Before today, the last time the two teamed up was in this year’s BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship at Philadelphia Cricket Club, where Wachter was on Brown’s bag for his run to the quarterfinals.

  “I’m lucky that’s he’s interested in doing that for me. I don’t really team up well with a lot of caddies, but Mark knows me and knows my game,” said Brown. “We jive well. We’re a great team.”

  “Well, I’m usually asking him if I can carry his bag. [Michael] was pretty much my caddie today. I ended up asking him what yardage he was playing, what club he was hitting,” said Wachter.

  No matter who the caddie ends up being, they’ll always be friends, teammates, and now, champions.

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Gross Division
Names, clubs Gross
Mark Wachter / Michael Brown, Jr., DuPont Country Club / Lu Lu Country Club 62
Brett Wallace / Michael Sanfrancesco, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club 63
Edward Erickson / Ray Pyontek, Makefield Highlands Golf Club / Mercer Oaks Golf Course 66
Jeff Whiteside / Jeff Clark, White Clay Creek Country Club 67
Stephen Barry / Frank Kohute, Running Deer Golf Club 67
Andrew Dietz / Pat Curiale, Laurel Creek Country Club / Medford Village Country Club 67
Drew Panebianco / Charles Scalzott, Five Ponds Golf Club / Hidden Creek Golf Club 67
Andrew Strock / Michael Minter, Makefield Highlands Golf Club 68
Damon Heller / Matthew Dougherty, Bent Creek Country Club / Glenmaura National Golf Club 68
Gerard Rosato / Patrick McCusker, Jr., Plymouth Country Club / Sandy Run Country Club 69
David West / Bruce Cowgill, Whitford Country Club 69
Chris Meares / Ryan Cass, Running Deer Golf Club / Merchantville Country Club 69
Beau Guarino / Michael O’Keefe, Mercer Oaks Golf Course / Laurel Creek Country Club 69
Andrew Sterge / William Howard, V, Applebrook Golf Club 69
Gavin Grimes / Andrew Ploszay, Chester Valley Golf Club 70
Michael Grimes / John Grove, Chester Valley Golf Club 70
Kevin Sarlo, Jr. / Drew Guarino, Burlington Country Club / Old York CC at Chesterfield 70
Mike Schuster / Thomas Schaible, Chester Valley Golf Club 70
Robert Olseski, III / Michael Cook, Sandy Run Country Club / Applebrook Golf Club 70
Dan Farragut / Kevin O’Brien, Philadelphia Cricket Club / Cedarbrook Country Club 71
Robert Hackett, Jr. / Joshua Isler, Wilmington Country Club / Chester Valley Golf Club 71
Matthew Osorio / Brett Cybulski, Merchantville Country Club 71
Neil Gordon / John Simone, Five Ponds Golf Club / Philmont Country Club 71
Joe Dellicarpini / Bryan Winsko, Philadelphia Cricket Club 71
Kevin Koch / Patrick Phillips, Spring Ford Country Club 72
Stephen Brown / Mike Civitello, Jr., Chester Valley Golf Club 72
Tom DiCinti / Dewey Bookholdt, Old York CC at Chesterfield 72
Ari Flaisher / Ashley Brasfield, McCall Golf & Country Club / Rolling Green Golf Club 72
Buddy Aiken / J.B. Broms, St. Davids Golf Club / RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve 73
Matt Mingione / Michael Dafnis, Plymouth Country Club 73
Rich Pruchnik / Joe Avellino, Coatesville Country Club 73
Charles Clark / Bob Husbands, West Chester Golf & Country Club 74
Pete Salatino / John Gonsior, Limekiln Golf Club 74
Brad Cornforth / Joseph Spitaleri, Loch Nairn Golf Club / Inniscrone Golf Club 74
Oren Thomas, IV / Daniel Rexon, Tavistock Country Club 74
Bob Zegel / Justin Caple, Phoenixville Country Club 75
Daniel Caparo / David LaRosa, Cedarbrook Country Club 75
Jim Muehlbronner / David Chenard, Sandy Run Country Club / Limekiln Golf Club 75
David Dorey / Michael Trudgeon, Tavistock Country Club / Philadelphia Cricket Club 75
Tom Coffey / Carl Hertrich, Chester Valley Golf Club / Fieldstone Golf Club 75
John Monday / Mark Smedley, Chester Valley Golf Club / Applebrook Golf Club 76
Daniel Keenan / Mike Keenan, Woodcrest Country Club / Commonwealth National Golf Club 76
Charles Carlson, Jr. / Robert Curry, North Hills Country Club 76
Hal Morris / Stan Jakubowski, Talamore Country Club 76
Ahmed Carcoura / Jim Hanrahan, White Clay Creek Country Club 77
Nicholas Bonacci / Tim Slizofski, North Hills Country Club 77
Steve Marshalek / Tylor Love, Whitford Country Club / Little Mill Country Club 77
Andrew Bonekemper / Matthew Boyer, Spring Ford Country Club 78
Joseph Sandora / Phillip Bartholomew, Yardley Country Club 78
Brian Kreamer / Sheldon Pollack, Bala Golf Club 78
Chad Collingwood / Kevin Seese, Spring Ford Country Club / Huntingdon Valley Country Club 78
Scott Pappas / Ronald Pappas, Hartefeld National / Fieldstone Golf Club 79
Robert Betts, Jr. / William Higgins, St. Davids Golf Club 79
John DeStefano / D.J. Spoltore, Old York CC at Chesterfield 79
Keith Ordemann / Jacques Jacobson, Berkshire Country Club 79
J. Allen Gray / Rich Keenan, Gulph Mills Golf Club / Chester Valley Golf Club 79
Scott Graham / Mike Sinko, Trump National Golf Club – Philadelphia 80
Gilbert Golding / Bruce Baron, Commonwealth National Golf Club 80
Nicholas Angiulo / Dave Vizzini, Deerwood Country Club 80
John Hollingsworth / Stanley Minka, Hartefeld National 80
Scott Gaul / Robert Dommel, Brookside Country Club 81
Michael Trout / Dan Smith, The Springhaven Club 81
Bob Dumont / Jerry Haftmann, Llanerch Country Club / Rolling Green Golf Club 81
Dan Griffith / Dan Walters, Talamore Country Club / The Bucks Club 81
David Bogdan / Sean Fitzgerald, The Springhaven Club 82
Todd Luft / Lee Tolton, Sandy Run Country Club 82
James DiGuiseppe / Mike Lilley, RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve / Overbrook Golf Club 82
Rick Binstein / Bob Moccia, Chester Valley Golf Club 82
John Marshalek / Mike McLane, Whitford Country Club / Galloway National Golf Club 82
Doug Murray / Peter Dugery, Stonewall / Applebrook Golf Club 84
Steve Fryer / Hugh Thompson, Talamore Country Club / Waynesborough Country Club 84
Kenneth Jones / Bill Fagan, St. Davids Golf Club 85
Louis Newett / Gary Steck, Indian Valley Country Club 85
John Bucci / Peter Keane, Sandy Run Country Club 86
George Crouse / Michael Vogt, Ramblewood Country Club 87
Vinny Salatino / Angelo Rose, Sandy Run Country Club 88
Scott Siravo / Joseph Ozzimo, Cobbs Creek Golf Club 90
Bob Rogers / Robert Rogers, White Manor Country Club / West Chester Golf & Country Club 91
Peter Pagano, Jr. / Vincent Cedrone, Penn Oaks Golf Club 91
Paul Muller / Matthew Berlin, Lu Lu Country Club NS
 
Net Division
Names, clubs Net
Brett Wallace / Michael Sanfrancesco, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club 59
Bob Zegel / Justin Caple, Phoenixville Country Club 62
Mark Wachter / Michael Brown, Jr., DuPont Country Club / Lu Lu Country Club 63
Pete Salatino / John Gonsior, Limekiln Golf Club 64
Andrew Dietz / Pat Curiale, Laurel Creek Country Club / Medford Village Country Club 64
Mike Schuster / Thomas Schaible, Chester Valley Golf Club 64
Michael Grimes / John Grove, Chester Valley Golf Club 65
Drew Panebianco / Charles Scalzott, Five Ponds Golf Club / Hidden Creek Golf Club 65
David Dorey / Michael Trudgeon, Tavistock Country Club / Philadelphia Cricket Club 66
Damon Heller / Matthew Dougherty, Bent Creek Country Club / Glenmaura National Golf Club 66
Gerard Rosato / Patrick McCusker, Jr., Plymouth Country Club / Sandy Run Country Club 67
David West / Bruce Cowgill, Whitford Country Club 67
Stephen Brown / Mike Civitello, Jr., Chester Valley Golf Club 67
Andrew Strock / Michael Minter, Makefield Highlands Golf Club 67
Stephen Barry / Frank Kohute, Running Deer Golf Club 67
Nicholas Bonacci / Tim Slizofski, North Hills Country Club 67
Steve Marshalek / Tylor Love, Whitford Country Club / Little Mill Country Club 67
Dan Farragut / Kevin O’Brien, Philadelphia Cricket Club / Cedarbrook Country Club 68
Kevin Koch / Patrick Phillips, Spring Ford Country Club 68
Gavin Grimes / Andrew Ploszay, Chester Valley Golf Club 68
Buddy Aiken / J.B. Broms, St. Davids Golf Club / RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve 68
Scott Pappas / Ronald Pappas, Hartefeld National / Fieldstone Golf Club 68
Daniel Caparo / David LaRosa, Cedarbrook Country Club 68
Robert Hackett, Jr. / Joshua Isler, Wilmington Country Club / Chester Valley Golf Club 68
Charles Carlson, Jr. / Robert Curry, North Hills Country Club 68
Jeff Whiteside / Jeff Clark, White Clay Creek Country Club 68
Matthew Osorio / Brett Cybulski, Merchantville Country Club 68
Beau Guarino / Michael O’Keefe, Mercer Oaks Golf Course / Laurel Creek Country Club 68
Neil Gordon / John Simone, Five Ponds Golf Club / Philmont Country Club 68
Andrew Sterge / William Howard, V, Applebrook Golf Club 68
John Hollingsworth / Stanley Minka, Hartefeld National 68
Joe Dellicarpini / Bryan Winsko, Philadelphia Cricket Club 68
Rich Pruchnik / Joe Avellino, Coatesville Country Club 68
Charles Clark / Bob Husbands, West Chester Golf & Country Club 69
David Bogdan / Sean Fitzgerald, The Springhaven Club 69
Andrew Bonekemper / Matthew Boyer, Spring Ford Country Club 69
John Monday / Mark Smedley, Chester Valley Golf Club / Applebrook Golf Club 69
Matt Mingione / Michael Dafnis, Plymouth Country Club 69
James DiGuiseppe / Mike Lilley, RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve / Overbrook Golf Club 69
Scott Graham / Mike Sinko, Trump National Golf Club – Philadelphia 69
Jim Muehlbronner / David Chenard, Sandy Run Country Club / Limekiln Golf Club 69
Chris Meares / Ryan Cass, Running Deer Golf Club / Merchantville Country Club 69
Chad Collingwood / Kevin Seese, Spring Ford Country Club / Huntingdon Valley Country Club 69
Tom Coffey / Carl Hertrich, Chester Valley Golf Club / Fieldstone Golf Club 69
J. Allen Gray / Rich Keenan, Gulph Mills Golf Club / Chester Valley Golf Club 69
Scott Gaul / Robert Dommel, Brookside Country Club 70
Daniel Keenan / Mike Keenan, Woodcrest Country Club / Commonwealth National Golf Club 70
Robert Betts, Jr. / William Higgins, St. Davids Golf Club 70
John DeStefano / D.J. Spoltore, Old York CC at Chesterfield 70
Brad Cornforth / Joseph Spitaleri, Loch Nairn Golf Club / Inniscrone Golf Club 70
Keith Ordemann / Jacques Jacobson, Berkshire Country Club 70
Ahmed Carcoura / Jim Hanrahan, White Clay Creek Country Club 70
Doug Murray / Peter Dugery, Stonewall / Applebrook Golf Club 70
Tom DiCinti / Dewey Bookholdt, Old York CC at Chesterfield 70
Ari Flaisher / Ashley Brasfield, McCall Golf & Country Club / Rolling Green Golf Club 70
Edward Erickson / Ray Pyontek, Makefield Highlands Golf Club / Mercer Oaks Golf Course 70
Todd Luft / Lee Tolton, Sandy Run Country Club 71
Michael Trout / Dan Smith, The Springhaven Club 71
Rick Binstein / Bob Moccia, Chester Valley Golf Club 71
Gilbert Golding / Bruce Baron, Commonwealth National Golf Club 71
Kevin Sarlo, Jr. / Drew Guarino, Burlington Country Club / Old York CC at Chesterfield 71
Bob Dumont / Jerry Haftmann, Llanerch Country Club / Rolling Green Golf Club 71
Hal Morris / Stan Jakubowski, Talamore Country Club 71
Robert Olseski, III / Michael Cook, Sandy Run Country Club / Applebrook Golf Club 71
Joseph Sandora / Phillip Bartholomew, Yardley Country Club 72
John Bucci / Peter Keane, Sandy Run Country Club 72
Dan Griffith / Dan Walters, Talamore Country Club / The Bucks Club 72
Vinny Salatino / Angelo Rose, Sandy Run Country Club 73
Oren Thomas, IV / Daniel Rexon, Tavistock Country Club 73
Brian Kreamer / Sheldon Pollack, Bala Golf Club 73
Steve Fryer / Hugh Thompson, Talamore Country Club / Waynesborough Country Club 73
John Marshalek / Mike McLane, Whitford Country Club / Galloway National Golf Club 74
Kenneth Jones / Bill Fagan, St. Davids Golf Club 75
Scott Siravo / Joseph Ozzimo, Cobbs Creek Golf Club 75
Nicholas Angiulo / Dave Vizzini, Deerwood Country Club 75
Peter Pagano, Jr. / Vincent Cedrone, Penn Oaks Golf Club 75
Louis Newett / Gary Steck, Indian Valley Country Club 76
Bob Rogers / Robert Rogers, White Manor Country Club / West Chester Golf & Country Club 77
George Crouse / Michael Vogt, Ramblewood Country Club 81
Paul Muller / Matthew Berlin, Lu Lu Country Club NS
 
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